Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast

An interview with Prof. S. Lisa Washington, the 2021-22 William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School. 
Prof. Washington discusses her forthcoming article on how the family regulation system mirrors the criminal justice system and in practice finds that parents encounter a system as coercive, intrusive, and disempowering, especially for marginalized communities.

An interview with Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Prof. Sumudu Atapattu. Prof. Atapattu discusses various issues on the topic of environmental justice and sustainable development, especially as it pertains to the Global South.

An interview with Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library Bonnie Shucha of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Dean Shucha discusses various issues surrounding the scholarly visibility of legal academia publishing and the role that law libraries have to play in enhancing visibility, impact, and discoverability.

An interview with Professor Anne Smith of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Smith is the Director of the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic and she discusses the services the clinic provides and projects the clinic is involved in. She also discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the clinic's services and workflow.

An interview with Professor Steph Tai of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Tai discusses two recent articles about food law, touching on the intersection of food law and climate change as well as the cultural heritage of food.

An interview with Dean Daniel P. Tokaji of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Dean Tokaji discusses two recent pieces he authored on election law as well as an upcoming article relying on the scholarship of Neil Komesar, University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Emeritus. Dean Tokaji's work is especially relevant today and he has excellent insights into the future of truth and democracy.

An interview with Stewart Macaulay, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Macaulay discusses a recently-released book on his work and influence on contract law, as well as several lesser-known articles he authored.

An interview with R. Alta Charo, the Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin. Prof. Charo discusses the development of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and the procedures and legal issues that surround each.

An interview with Cecelia M. Klingele, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Klingele discusses two recently published articles, "Labeling Violence" and "Making Sense of Risk."

An interview with Steven Wright, Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Innocence Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Wright discusses his debut novel, "The Coyotes of Carthage."

An interview with the EIC of the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, and Society at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

An interview with the outgoing Wisconsin International Law Journal EIC, Emily Capodarco, about WILJ, its history, and the types of articles it published this year.

University of Wisconsin Law Review outgoing (Olivia Radics) and incoming (Anya Gersoff) EICs discuss the Wisconsin Law Review, its recent publications, upcoming plans, and symposia.

University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Richard Monette discusses a series of initiatives he is involved with, including a $1 million dollar grant to the Menominee Nation and a series of working papers he is working on, on topics including property law and privatization on tribal land and native sovereignty.

Podcast interview with University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Tonya Brito on her recent article, "The Child Support Debt Bubble."

University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Yaron Nili discusses his recent article, "Board Diversity by Term Limits?", coauthored with Darren Rosenblum. This article is the first article to academically explore the connection between corporate board term limits and the sex diversification of the corporate board.

Interview with UW Law School Professor Keith A. Findley on three recent scholarly works- two law review articles published in Seton Hall Law Review on criminal justice and a report for the Madison Police Department on policy and procedure.

Interview with UW Law School Professor David S. Schwartz about his new book "The Spirit of the Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland."

Podcast interview with UW Law School Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Patient Partnerships Meg Gaines. Prof. Gaines discusses a 2018 paper about HIPAA and a forthcoming paper on prior authorization reversals.

Podcast interview with Prof. Michele LaVigne about her article "Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance," coauthored with Sally Miles. This article discusses the case of Brendan Dassey, one of the two subjects of the Netflix documentary series "Making A Murderer," and whether his developmental delays contributed to his confession to the murder.

Podcast interview with UW Law faculty member BJ Ard about his working paper on market refusal in copyright.

The first episode of "Law in Action: A University of Wisconsin Law School Podcast," a podcast where law librarians interview UW Law faculty about their recent scholarship.